Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation and Voting Behavior

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• This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large-scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Acción (FA), on intent to vote, turnout and electoral choice. For identification we use discontinuities in program eligibility and variation in program enrollment across voting booths. We find that FA has a positive effect on political participation in the 2010 presidential elections by increasing the probability that program beneficiaries register to vote and cast a ballot, particularly among women. Regarding voter's choice, we find that program participants expressed a stronger preference for the official party that implemented and expanded the program. These results are also more evident among women. Overall, the findings show that voters respond to targeted transfers and that these transfers can foster support for incumbents, thus making the case for designing political and legislative mechanisms that avoid successful anti-poverty schemes from being captured by political patronage.

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• Camacho, Adriana
• Báez Ramírez, Javier Eduardo
• Conover, Emily
• Zárate, Román Andrés

fecha de publicación

• 2012-09

Área temática

• D72 - Procesos políticos: búsqueda de rentas económicas, cabildeo, elecciones, legislaturas y comportamiento de los votantes
• O10 - Desarrollo económico, innovación, cambio tecnológico y crecimiento: Generalidades
• P16 - Economía política

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• Colombia
• Conditional Cash Transfers
• Voting Behavior

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